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A complicated pregnancy in a patient with lipodystrophic diabetes attributable to a peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARG) mutation.
Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association - 1 Oct 2012
Madhra M, Noh R M, Zammitt N N, Patrick A W, Love C D B
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BACKGROUND: We describe an unplanned pregnancy in a 19-year-old with lipodystrophic diabetes caused by a mutation in the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARG) gene. The pregnancy was complicated by poor compliance with treatment, severe hypertriglyceridaemia and pancreatitis. CASE REPORT: The patient presented at 6 weeks' gestation with an HbA(1c) of 140 mmol/mol (15%), cholesterol 8.1 mmol/l...
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